Finding F4
Due to the requirements of HIPAA Compliance, there is no mechanism for the Department of Behavioral Health to "close the loop" with the MLPD after a potential 5150 hold incident is vacated. The police are not notified of the cause which hinders their ability to understand the outcomes and be better able to serve the public.
Jury report: Mammoth Lakes Police Department Detainment and Arrest Processes · PDF page 5
Permanent linkOfficial responses
Mono County Sheriff
Agrees, stating that discharge and transfer details are protected health information and that law enforcement is not entitled to those details.
Read official response · PDF page 6Explains why the Sheriff sees no case-level remedy. This audit does not independently interpret the privacy law.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.
Mono County Behavioral Health Director
Agrees about limits on individual-case feedback, offers aggregate annual data, and says 2025 referral results will be sent to MLPD in January 2026.
Read official response · PDF page 10Responds to the case-level limitation and proposes a distinct aggregate-data alternative without claiming it resolves every concern.
- Compile and send aggregate 2025 referral outcomes to MLPD. Owner: Mono County Behavioral Health. Timing: January 2026.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.
Mono County Board of Supervisors
Agrees about limits on individual-case feedback, offers aggregate annual data, and says 2025 referral results will be sent to MLPD in January 2026.
Read official response · PDF page 25Responds to the case-level limitation and proposes a distinct aggregate-data alternative without claiming it resolves every concern.
- Compile and send aggregate 2025 referral outcomes to MLPD. Owner: Mono County Behavioral Health. Timing: January 2026.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.
Mammoth Hospital
Says the hospital has no response to this finding at this time.
Read official response · PDF page 27The explicit decision not to respond contains no agreement, disagreement, or finding-specific explanation; the source and mapping are clear, so this is scored rather than marked unscorable.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.